"Side-by-side" error when launching MediaPortal 1.8 (1 Viewer)

[bennyboy]

Hi,

Last night, when launching MediaPortal 1.8, which was working fine previously, my computer crashed. Upon rebooting, every time I launch MediaPortal, I get an error message saying "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.".

Looking at the Windows Application log, I found this error message: "Activation context generation failed for "D:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "D:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe.Config" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax."

Using Notepad, I opened the file "D:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe.Config" and, to my surprise, it's empty! Is this file unique to my configuration? I have a backup of this file dating from a MediaPortal 1.5 install, can I use this one? Can someone send me theirs? Or must I reinstall MediaPortal?

Thanks,

Benoit

 

[mm1352000]

Hello Benoit

The file is not unique to your configuration but it is version dependent. You can try to just copy and paste the following:

<configuration>
<startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319" />
<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
</startup>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="plugins\ExternalPlayers;plugins\process;plugins\subtitle;plugins\windows" />
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Gentle.Common" publicKeyToken="80b5de62e27be49b" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.5.0.29053-1.5.0.29112" newVersion="1.5.0.29113" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Gentle.FrameWork" publicKeyToken="80b5de62e27be49b" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.5.0.29053-1.5.0.29112" newVersion="1.5.0.29113" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Gentle.Provider.MySQL" publicKeyToken="80b5de62e27be49b" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.5.0.29053-1.5.0.29112" newVersion="1.5.0.29113" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Gentle.Provider.SQLServer" publicKeyToken="80b5de62e27be49b" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.5.0.29053-1.5.0.29112" newVersion="1.5.0.29113" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
<loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true" />
</runtime>
<appSettings>
<add key="version" value="1.8.0" />
<add key="edtftp.log.level" value="ALL" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

 

[bennyboy]

Thanks! After copying and pasting, MediaPortal 1.8 is working fine again.

Thanks again for your quick response and keep up the team's excellent work.

Benoit